Central America

Central America

Repeal of Model Cities in Honduras provokes threats from the US

Senators and the U.S. Department of State call for the repeal of ZEDES and threaten Honduras for breach of trade agreements

In Honduras, Chortí Maya cemetery is swallowed up by Aura Minerals

"they wrecked the cemetery, dug up graves, all to make it look like they’d exhumed all the bodies"

Guatemala: Carbon, the Metric of Displacement in Petén

“I believe in conservation, but it must recognize the rights of communities and the possibility of their development,”

The commercial architecture of conservation in Petén

In the northern lands of Petén, Guatemala, a conglomerate of non-governmental organizations, including The Nature Conservancy, Wildlife Conservation Society, Rainforest Alliance and World Wildlife Fund-along with with their local partners and the financial support of institutions like the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-are promoting the commodification of nature.

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Resistance Grows Against Water Privatization in Mexico

Participants from 18 states and 6 countries, around 500 people, celebrated the Second National Assembly for Water and Life in rebel Otomí territory

Mexico abides by United States climate policy, adding four wind farms in the Isthmus

U.S. creates alliances to accelerate new renewable energy complexes benefiting the main energy multinational companies

AMLO decrees expropriation of communal lands in Oaxaca for construction of industrial parks

The mexican president expropriates communal lands for construction of industrial parks linked to the Interoceanic Corridor in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec